adj.
VERBS
▪ be , look , seem , smell , taste
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The room smelled musty and ~.
▪ become , get ( usually figurative ), go , grow ( figurative ), turn
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This bread's going ~.
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His subject matter has grown ~.
ADVERB
▪ extremely , fairly , very , etc.
▪ a little , slightly , etc.
PREPOSITION
▪ with
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The atmosphere was ~ with cigarette smoke.
Stale is used with these nouns: ↑ air , ↑ beer , ↑ biscuit , ↑ bread , ↑ loaf , ↑ odour , ↑ smell , ↑ smoke , ↑ sweat , ↑ tobacco , ↑ urine